Tong, you, piece of shit. Ming, Ming, Ming, Ming, that's enough. That's enough, Ming. Alright. You wanna talk to me about the money, right? But you gotta apologize to Joe in front of me. Are you kidding me, Ming? What's wrong? Don't you want the money? See you at the office tomorrow. Let's sit down first, Ming.
Don't mind me ... just thinking about what looks like Joe smiling in response to Ming blowing his back out quietly calling him "Phi" in this midst of this sinus-tingling rail session
All jokes aside, this moment is quite significant because up until now Ming has been using "Khun" (an honorific somewhat similar to Mr. in English, which is a neutral, polite, and formal title you use with strangers etc.) to address Joe 2.0, so switching to "Phi" (less formal than Khun; lit. older sibling, but is used to address someone older and familiar while still maintaining a level of respect; often written as P' before a name/nickname) at this point in time is both prayer and credence that the Joe before him is P'Joe, the one that he knows and loves